"Please wait here, I'll have someone bring your friend down right away."

The attendant led Lin Ye to the sofa area in the lobby and then brought over some snacks and drinks for him.

Lin Ye had originally planned to use his money power to have the hotel staff bring the person down, but he didn't expect it to be completely unnecessary—the other party didn't even ask him for money.

"Hello, I didn't expect you to participate in this activity either."

The Middleman walked out of the elevator and sat down opposite Lin Ye.

"You're here for work?"

Lin Ye also didn't expect to run into an acquaintance during the Nighttime Activity.

"Yes, the festival parade is a grand event related to the system. Many of my clients come here to participate in the parade."

The Middleman said with a smile.

"Is this an event organized by the system?"

Lin Ye felt a bit strange. If that were the case, he didn't understand why this place was also one of the stations.

"No, this is just an activity related to the system. I don't know the specifics either, after all, I'm just here to do business."

The Middleman didn't elaborate further; he wouldn't tell clients uncertain information.

"I see."

That made sense to Lin Ye.

"Since your friend has arrived, I won't disturb you further. If you need to make a trade, you can come find me in the Rest Area anytime."

The Middleman stood up and bid farewell to Lin Ye.

"Alright, I will."

An attendant led Amy over. Lin Ye stood up, ready to leave the hotel with her.

"Boss, can I eat something before we leave?"

Seeing the snacks and drinks on the coffee table, Amy asked.

"Sure. Don't you guys bring food when participating in activities?"

Lin Ye asked, puzzled.

"Huh? Boss, aren't you affected by this city?"

Amy asked in surprise.

"What effect does this city have?"

Lin Ye had previously thought his two teammates were overly obsessed with the free sample cakes, but he didn't expect there to be such a noticeable difference between them, all being Survivors.

"In this city, performing any action consumes stamina. Only by eating the food here can you replenish stamina. That's why I've been staying upstairs to conserve stamina... You're not affected at all, are you?"

Amy also didn't expect that Lin Ye was completely unaffected.

"Could it be that you're just too weak, so you need to replenish stamina?"

These teammates' physical fitness simply couldn't compare to Lin Ye's, so it was normal for such differences to arise.

Amy was left speechless and could only focus on eating the snacks.

After Amy finished the snacks, the two left the hotel and walked to the sports car.

"You go to the back seat; that's not an empty seat."

Lin Ye glanced at the Penguin Baby sprawled on the Co-driver seat and said to Amy.

"Going to the back is fine, but what do you mean 'not an empty seat'?"

Amy glanced at the vacant Co-driver seat and ultimately decided not to delve deeper into the question.

Lin Ye: I want to go participate in the drag racing activity. What do you guys think?

As a Veteran Driver, Lin Ye is very skilled at driving.

Caris: I have no objection.

Chess: Can drag racing be done with a group of four?

Amy: It can, but I don't recommend participating in the drag racing activity because the probability of participants disappearing is too high, almost one hundred percent.

Lin Ye: Don't worry, I'm a Veteran Driver. It's just one tunnel, and other activities probably aren't much safer either.

Amy: Then I have no objection.

Under Amy's guidance, Lin Ye drove the sports car to the drag racing competition site in the west of the city.

There seemed to be a live broadcast happening here. The staff at the race site quickly completed their registration.

"You can start now. We will record your results based on the time it takes you to reach the finish line. The shorter the time, the better the result. As long as you can make it onto the leaderboard, you can win a sum of Trade points and festival gifts prepared by the organizers."

The staff at the race site said to Lin Ye.

Lin Ye glanced at the leaderboard next to the starting point; there was nothing on it.

Chess: They never intended to give out anything, did they?

Amy: Most likely.

Caris: I suddenly remembered I didn't turn off the faucet in the Shelter. Can I go back and turn it off?

Lin Ye: Sit tight, fasten your seatbelts. I'm about to start racing.

Lin Ye pressed the accelerator to the floor. The sports car sped along the highway. The drag racing track wasn't particularly difficult—just an ordinary highway. The only problematic part was the tunnel section.

The vehicle speed of the sports car was fast. Before long, they were approaching the tunnel entrance.

Lin Ye directly used the spiritual energy impact method to launch the sports car into the air. He planned to fly over the top of the tunnel.

After all, there was no rule saying you couldn't drive on top of the tunnel.

But when they got close to the tunnel, the sports car, which had been flying in mid-air, was suddenly moved into a pitch-black space.

The sports car had still entered the tunnel, in an unavoidable way.

Amy: ... What happened?

Lin Ye: It's fine. I knew it wouldn't be that simple.

Chess: Do we just keep driving forward like this? Or should we stop first to check the situation around us?

Caris: I suggest continuing to drive forward. Stopping might not be safe either.

Lin Ye: Hold on tight.

Lin Ye pressed the accelerator to the floor. The sports car continuously accelerated inside the tunnel and soon rushed out of it.

But outside the tunnel wasn't the race venue; it was a dilapidated road.

The road was piled with a large number of abandoned vehicles. On both sides of the road stood some severely damaged buildings.

Caris: What place is this?

Chess: No wonder all those Contestants disappeared. They were all teleported to other places.

Amy: This place gives me a bad feeling.

Lin Ye: I anticipated this possibility. This is already pretty good. Spatial transfer is easier to handle. If we encountered a tunnel related to time, that would be troublesome.

Amy: At our level, spiritual energy users like us probably wouldn't encounter such high-level tunnels, right?

Lin Ye: ... You're right.

Lin Ye pressed the accelerator to the floor. The abandoned vehicles on the road were pushed to the roadside by spiritual energy, clearing a path for the sports car.

The tunnel behind them had already disappeared, but at the end of the dilapidated road, there was a tunnel entrance that seemed completely out of place here.

Amy: The exit should be there. Should we explore this area?

Lin Ye: No. We're still participating in the drag racing competition. It's best not to waste time.

Lin Ye wasn't particularly concerned about his ranking in the drag race; he just had an instinctive wariness about this type of activity.

Caris: Then let's go straight through.

Chess: This is my first time participating in a drag race without opponents. It feels quite strange.

Lin Ye: Having no opponents might be even more troublesome.

Due to the high vehicle speed, it only took them a few minutes to approach the tunnel entrance.

This area was extremely quiet, seemingly without any danger.

Lin Ye had been sensing his surroundings the entire time, but he hadn't detected anything dangerous.

This gave him a faint feeling of unease, because a place like this couldn't possibly have no issues at all.